Author : Lauren Jacobi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789462988699
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (886 download)
Book Synopsis Contamination and Purity in Early Modern Art and Architecture by : Lauren Jacobi
Download or read book Contamination and Purity in Early Modern Art and Architecture written by Lauren Jacobi and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Provides a novel perspective on the art and architecture of early modern Europe and its colonial territories by focusing on the opposing analytical categories of purity and contamination, while also paying attention to their extraordinary theoretical and historical variety. " Offers new readings of works both canonical (e.g., Michelangelo's unfinished sculptures, Dürer's Italianate influences) and less so (e.g., Vermeyen's tapestries of the Conquest of Tunis). " Models a new approach to an important epoch in the history of art, architecture, and culture, bringing together the close study of objects (e.g., tapestries, sculpture, and coins) and materials (e.g., cosmetics, dyes, stone) with wider topics such as global exchange and economics. " Inspires broader questions about the ideological underpinnings of early modernity, while also offering new insights into the implications of the current "material turn" and "global turn" in the humanities. " Features twelve essays by leading scholars of the art and architecture of southern and northern Europe, the colonial Americas, and southeast Asia, with correspondingly broad geographical and chronological coverage.